Advice & information

The NHS and social care use your health information to care for you and also to improve services. They keep it safe and private. If you don’t want your data used for planning or research, you can choose to opt out. Why is data shared? Shared data helps you and the NHS . For example: It brings your records together to improve your care It was used to find the first coronavirus treatment It supported vaccine research Your individual care Health and care staff may use your confi

NHS England has published a refreshed version of the Accessible Information Standard (AIS) which was first released in 2016. Here we look...

We want to reassure everyone that Healthwatch Somerset continues to operate as usual. The Government has announced plans to end the...